Teresa Hay, junior prosecutor said that Travis has labelled accusers in the sex abuse trial as "just someone who can smell money".

Hay told police officers that Travis said the allegations had cost him "his job, his living and everything he has built up over 50 years.

The 68-year-old denies 13 counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault.

A court heard that, in an interview with police during September last year, the Buckinghamshire resident dismissed the claims as "cr*p".

TRIAL: The DJ says the allegations have 'cost him everything' [TIM MERRY]

Ms Hay added: "Mr Travis said that for 10 months he had lost money, work, his health, he has had back and knee operations and has suffered stress.

The lawyer continued, stating DLT told police that he "has been screwed backwards – he is selling his house to pay for solicitors and barristers.

“This is just someone else who can smell money and is jumping into the game to see what they can get out of it”

Dave Lee Travis

"People may think he is a millionaire but his bank account is non-existant.

"His life has changed for the worse and he is full of anger - even if he is acquitted he still won't be free.

DLT is reported to have slammed the women who have accused him of sexual violence, Ms Hay claimed the DJ told police: "This is just someone else who can smell money and is jumping into the game to see what they can get out of it."

The court also heard a statement from a German journalist who interviewed the former BBC employee at his house in 2005.

The woman claims that Travis touched her bottom, saying : "I found myself standing right in front of him.

SELLING UP: DLT must sell his house to meet his hefty legal bill [TIM MERRY]

Continuing, the broadcaster said he placed "his hand behind me on my shoulders and ran it down my back and rested it on the right cheek of my bum.

"I was completely taken aback, it was just unexpected, I felt it was sleazy.

"There was no option for me to move."

The journalist revealed she hadn't initially reported the incident to police, but made a statement when she heard of his arrest.

Being tried under his birth name of David Patrick Griffin, the offences of which DLT is accused allegedly occurred while he was working for the BBC, both as a radio DJ and a presenter of Top Of The Pops.